Bernardin Gantin

Bernardin, cardinal Gantin is a contemporary catholic ecclesiastic born with Toffo with the Bénin the May 8th 1922.

Photograph:

Wire of a railroad worker, it will adopt later on its weapons cardinalices a “iron tree” (of its name: GAN, iron and CHOCK, tree).

Formation

It returns to the Séminaire in 1936 and ordered priest the July 14th 1951. It remains then with the seminar of Ouidah as professor of language, then supplements its formation with the Collège Saint-Pierre with Rome in 1953. It follows the courses of the Pontifical University of Rome then of the University of Lateran. It leaves graduate Théologie and Canon law.

Action on the ground

Elected official the December 11th 1956 Bishop of Tipasa in Mauritania, it is promoted in 1957 auxiliary Évêque of Cotonou by the Cardinal Tisserant and returns to the Bénin.

Then, the January 5th 1960, succeeding Mgr Parisot, it is named archbishop of Cotonou until in 1971.

It builds various congégations local sisters and of moniales, supports several training centres nun and promotes the Catholic Action locally. It was particularly active in the opening of the Church has other believers in the area, allowing the creation of many dioceses and évéches the Benign one.

President of the regional Episcopal conference of West Africa (joining together Togo, Benign, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Nigeria and Guinea), it is destined for Rome by the Pope Paul VI with the “ Congrégation of Propaganda ” in 1971, thus giving up its function of Archbishop of Cotonou. Mgr Adimou will succeed to him locally by continuing its work.

Speech of the Pope Paul VI of nomination like ''' Assistant secretary of the “Crowned Congregation for the Evangelization of the People” ''' the 5/13/1971

Universal action near the Pope in Rome

He is created by the Pope Paul VI (at the same time as Joseph Ratzinger, the Pape Benoît XVI future) on June 27th 1977 cardinal - évèque of Palestrina (town of Italy).

In 1978 with died of the Pope Jean-Paul I {{er}} it is regarded as one of the papabili, in other words it belongs to the favorites to succeed the late Pope at the time of the Conclave.

It is named the April 8th 1984 by the Pope Jean-Paul II:

President of the Pontifical Commission on the Latin America and
Prefect of Crowned the congregation of the bishops.

July 1st 1988, it is for this reason that the cardinal Gantin, will issue (decree Dominus Marcellus Lefebvre ) that the chief of the sacerdotal Fraternité hostile Saint-Magpie X with the Concile Vatican II, M {{gr.}} Lefebvre, had “ posed a schismatic act ”. In support of its declaration, it quotes the guns 1364-1 and 1382 of the canonical Code of right (1983):

“the apostate of the faith, the heretic or the schismatic incur an excommunication latæ sententiæ . ”
“the Bishop who, without pontifical mandate, devotes Évêque somebody, and the same that which receives the dedication of this Bishop incur excommunication latæ sententiæ reserved for the Apostolic Seat. ”
He thus declares excommunicated M {{gr.}} Lefebvre itself, Mgr of Castro-Mayer, Co-celebrating bishop, and the four new bishops of which Richard Williamson, Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, and Alfonso de Galarreta. The following day, by the Motu landlord Ecclesia Dei Jean-Paul II reminds faithful that those which “adhere formally” to the Schisme incur too excommunication them.

The June 5th 1993, Mgr Gantin becomes Doyen of the College of the cardinals .

It takes part in the Conclave of 2005 without exerting there its right to vote, reached by the age limit, and currently takes its action like Highly skilled Doyen of the Sacrée Congregation of the Bishops .

Internal bonds

External bonds

official Topicality of Mgr Gantin, in English and French
'' Biographie '' of Mgr Gantin
'' Homélie with the Pope Jean-Paul II '' with Cotonou the 2/17/1982
Site of the Archdiocese of Parakou, Benign
Crowned Gantin, article of the '' Matinal '' by Aspavati R. Nounagnon

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